Vocabulary #2 - Definitions and Sentences

intercede - intervene on behalf of another
"Two kids got into a fight but an adult came in to intercede."

 hackneyed - lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite
"The joke was hackneyed that it lost its humor."

approbation - approval or praise
"The girl's singing was full of approbation from her parents."

 innuendo - an allusive or oblique remark or hint
"A man shot an innuendo, insulting the boy."

 coalition - an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance
"Jim and Jeremy started a coalition after learning that both had the same goal."

 elicit - evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions
"After with no response, the teacher tried to elicit the students to speak out their mind"

 hiatus - a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
"Because of low budget, the show went into a hiatus."

 assuage - make an unpleasant feeling less intense
 "He assuaged the situation by leaving the scene."

 decadence - moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury
"His gold bathtub is nothing but just sheer decadence."

 expostulate - express strong disapproval or disagreement
"After hearing his plan, he made sure to expostulate to his plan."

 simulate - imitate the appearance or character of
"Artificial sugar simulates real sugar without sugar's properties."

 jaded - tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
"After watching the movie five times, it became jaded."

 umbrage - offense or annoyance
"He took umbrage at the comment."

 prerogative - a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

"As being part of the club, a member is prerogative to be able to have fun."

 

lurid - very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect.
"The video was very lurid that it gave its viewers seizers."

 transcend - be or go beyond the range or limits of
"Meditation allows one to transcends to one's mind."

 provincial - of or concerning a province of a country or empire
"A man is very provincial."

 petulant - childishly sulky or bad-tempered
"An undisciplined child could be petulant."

 unctuous - excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily
"He seemed anxious to please but not in an unctuous way"

 meritorious - deserving reward or praise
"A meritorious idea could make one famous."

 

Vocabulary # 1

theme - the man idea or subject
tone - the attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
mood - the sate of feeling
diction - The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
syntax - an arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
syllogism - A deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion

stupid - lacking intelligence or common sense
adumbrate - report or represent in outline
apotheosis - the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
ascetic - the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence
bauble - a small, showy trinket or decoration
beguile - charm or enchant, sometimes in a deceptive way
burgeon - begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish
complement - a thing that completes or brings to perfection
contumacious - stubborn or willfully disobedient to authority
curmudgeon - a bad-tempered or surly person
didactic - intended to teach
disingenuous - pretending that one knows less about something than one really does
exculpate - show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing
faux pas - an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation
fulminate - express vehement protest
fustian - pompous or pretentious speech or writing
hauteur - disdainful pride
inhibit - hinder, restrain, or prevent
jeremiad - a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes
opportunist - a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage 
unconscionable - not right or reasonable

A Hacker's Perspective

In an era where technology rapidly advances, opportunities rose like never before, giving birth to a new generation. These people seek knowledge, people that want to explore for satisfaction. Curiosity envelopes this unique individuals' mind with the inner feeling that they want more. This people solve this never-ending hunger by getting jobs that are mentally challenging but, with some people being a bit more creative. Those few choose to become hackers. They use computers as a tool to "hack" confidential information and more difficult-to-reach data. And this is what the essay "The Conscience of a Hacker," by +++The Mentor+++, is about. The essay starts with the hacker's background, mentioning our education system being shallow, with a process of repeating the same teachings, boring those students who are ahead. The author also states that he and his fellow hackers are all alike, curious. He tries to justify his actions by stating that they want to use the current technologies to its fullest potential, to explore and learn, making them who what they are.

I Can Read Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

Ugh! Excuse all the mistakes I made. I started off with a good start but then later on the video I started falling apart. Kind of frustrating but I hope this is good enough.

A Modest or Silly Proposal?

"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift was a proposal that offers a solution to take care of all the problematic and starving children in Ireland while being beneficial to parents. His solution was to eat them. He went on about how this could solve all parents' trouble and how they could even sell them to markets to be eaten. But despite all of Swift's reasoning on about eating children, his true message is different. It is about the malnourished children that aren't getting the attention they need. It is a perfect satire because he raised the matter of the excessive amount of Irish children by calmly suggesting a ridiculous idea that had a bit of an amusing effect. By using this tactic, people would consider the rising problem of children starvation, rather than just ignoring it.

My Big Question

My question is about the very existence of this universe. Everyone knows about the Big Bang theory. But what caused the big ka-boom? What triggered it? Did the Big Bang even occur? I want to know the very reason that is responsible for all the stars and galaxies and for us all to even be here. To make it simple, if the Big Bang Theory is true, what caused the Big Bang?

Update: Here are some sites relating to my big question

http://www.space.com/31192-what-triggered-the-big-bang.html

http://www.universetoday.com/116835/what-came-before-the-big-bang/

EVERYTHING'S AWESOME!

In this video, Louis CK used satire in a form of humor to show foolishness in people without really offending anyone. He used it in a way for others to be able to relate, not realizing it was actually being aimed at them. But by doing so, it made others see the world in a whole new perspective. It made others take a moment and realize how amazing things are, around us.. High-tech computers, high-speed transportation; we really have it all! Yet no one really appreciates our delicacies. It is really amazing on how everything is convenient for us nowadays but no one really pays mind to it. This video really made us appreciate our world more.

The Laughing Heart Recital

It actually took me quite a while to recite the poem completely without messing up. I was going to redo it, but when I checked the time it was already 11 pm! Oh well. Sorry about the long pause during the video.

Satire

This is an example of a satire because is ridiculous how government can just take our hard-earned money.



 This is another example of a satire because it is silly how some people can be jailed for being right.                                        

This is a satire because this shows that some people have wrong morals.

 

The Right to Your Own Opinion

We humans hate to admit we are wrong, especially when we it comes to our opinions. Some say that there is no right or wrong opinions. But when misconception influence ones' opinion, I would say otherwise. I believe there are no right opinions but there are wrong ones. When someone say that an actor was bad at acting because he acted awkwardly, but in reality the actor was suppose to act awkwardly, I would say that opinion is wrong, because those type of opinions are ignorant. They don't know all the factors. I believe one cannot proclaim an opinion until everything is acknowledged, because by doing so, you would be aware of what your expectation should be. Let's go back to my example again. If you knew that the actor was suppose to act awkwardly, you cannot say that the acting was bad if you thought the actor was "awkward" because then the actor had succeeded on making you think he was what you thought. If all of this was taken in consideration then the quote "the right to your own opinion" should only apply to those who actually took the time to know all the details before making an opinion. Well, that's just my two cents.

The Laughing Heart

"The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski. When I first read the title, I thought that the poem was going to be about happiness in oneself. It was only after I read the poem that I realize its true meaning. When our heartbeat race it mimics the way we laugh, quick and with rhythm, with that in mind, the title could be a metaphor for a racing heartbeat. The poem itself was inspiring and motivational. It advises to live a little "dangerously," and when an opportunity arise take it. The poem tries to encourage everyone that if there was even the slightest chance that you can succeed, you should take it, because in the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.

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